5 // The Minister would call any bank that didn’t give you a loan ‘wimps’ and call for them to be boycotted

6 // Everyone would be touting the number of jobs building your new house would create

Some people think it’s funny to lie to the media, but it’s a crime to lie to a judge. While Adani and the state and federal government have been claiming in the media that the project would create 10,000 direct and indirect jobs, in court, Adani’s own expert witness said under oath the project would create 1,464 direct and indirect jobs — we know which figure we’d use.

Who is he?

The family

Ports tycoon Gautam Ambani was impacted by a fall in shares of his Adani Ports & SEZ, which his son Karan runs as chief executive. Adani’s controversial coal-mining project in Queensland got a reprieve when a federal court in August dismissed a legal challenge by an environmental group to the approval granted by the government. At home Adani is expanding into solar power with projects in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Rajasthan. The group also plans to make solar panels but hasn’t yet selected a technology partner.